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Christmas tree recycling schedule for Long Beach area

From staff reports

Posted:
01/02/2013 06:34:41 PM PST

Updated:
01/02/2013 06:47:46 PM PST

Long Beach

Long Beach's 21st annual Holiday "Treecycling" Tree Recycling program offers free disposal of trees. Through Jan. 12, residents can drop off trees at a dozen locations throughout the city. Residents with city refuse service can leave their trees where trash is normally collected by 7 a.m. Jan. 12 for curbside pickup.

All trees must have decorations and stands removed, and trees more than 12 feet tall should be cut in half. For more details and a map of drop-off locations, visit www.longbeach-recycles.org.

Norwalk

The city of Norwalk is offering its Christmas Tree Recycling Program through Jan. 19. Residents can have their trees picked up to be used as compost and landfill cover. Place trees at the curb on trash collection day. A separate truck will collect the trees. Remove all ornaments. For more information, call 562-929-5964.

Cerritos

Residents in single-family homes can recycle their Christmas trees through Jan. 18 by placing them at the curb for pickup by 7 a.m. on their trash collection days. The trees will be composted or used for the Los Angeles County Sanitation District's daily landfill cover. All ornaments, lights, stands and other items should be removed.

Trees shouldn't be placed in bags, and trees more than 4 feet tall should be cut in half. Flocked trees will be accepted.

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Businesses in Cerritos or residents living in apartments or condominiums can place trees next to their trash bin for collection. For more information, call the city's Public Works Department at 562-916-1220.

Lakewood

Lakewood residents can recycle their Christmas trees and get extra post-holiday trash hauled away with assistance from the city's waste hauler, EDCO Waste and Recycling Services. Through Friday the green waste recycling truck will pick up discarded Christmas trees on regular trash collection days. All decorations, stands, lights and other items must be removed, and the trees shouldn't be in bags. Trees more than 8 feet tall must be cut in half.

Bellflower

CR&R Waste Management has its Christmas tree collection recycling service through Wednesday for Bellflower. Trees must be free of tinsel, stands and decorations, and those more than 6 feet tall should be cut in half. For more information, call CR&R Waste Services at 562-944-4716 or email csla@crrmail.com.

Downey

Downey's trash hauler, CalMet Services, is providing Christmas tree collection service for homes with residential curbside collection for the two weeks after Christmas. Collection of trees will occur on regular trash collection days.

Trees should be placed at the curb or alley by 6 a.m. on residents' regular refuse days. All decorations and stands must be removed, and trees more than 4 feet tall should be cut in half. Flocked trees are acceptable.

Commercial accounts (businesses and apartments) may call CalMet at 562-259-1239, Ext. 7 for free pickup of holiday trees. Trees must be set at the curb, not by trash bins.